Amelioration in Indonesian Concrete Nouns

Abstract

This study aims to describe concrete nouns in Indonesian that experience amelioration and the form of using concrete nouns that experience amelioration in sentences. This type of research is a qualitative research using descriptive method. The data in this study are written data in the form of words in sentences containing concrete nouns that experience amelioration in Indonesian. The data sources of this research are, novel Selena by Tere Liye and the novel Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata. The method used in this data collection is the method of listening and introspection. Based on the results of data analysis and discussion of amelioration in Indonesian concrete nouns in the novel Selena by Tere Liye and the novel Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata, 95 data were found. The results of the research in the novel Selena by Tere Liye and the novel Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata are as follows. (1) Indonesian concrete nouns that experienced amelioration, namely, (a) basic concrete nouns found 86 data, (b) derived concrete nouns found 9 data; (2) The form of the use of concrete nouns that experience amelioration in sentences shows that the forms of concrete nouns that experience amelioration are mostly found in sentences found in Tere Liye's novel Selena and Andrea Hirata's Laskar Pelangi novel. Changes in meaning that occur in the class of concrete nouns in sentences can be seen from the meaning components of the word in each context.